The biggest highlight of the NFL preseason this year just came from a kicker and it happened on Saturday night when Harrison Butker drilled a 69-yard field goal just before halftime in the Chiefs' game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And yes, you read that correctly: Butker hit from 69 YARDS. The NFL record for longest field goal is 68 yards and Butker actually topped that with his kick, but he won't be getting his name etched into the NFL record book, because preseason kicks don't officially count.
Due to that rule, Cam Little's 68-yard field goal from last season still stands as the longest kick in NFL history. Even though it won't go down in the record book, Butker's kick was still wildly impressive and that's mostly because the ball easily cleared the crossbar. Butker absolutely smashed the kick -- the ball hit the net behind the field goal posts -- and his attempt likely would have been good from 75 yards or even further.
You know what, let's stop talking about the kick and just watch it. 69-YARD FIELD GOAL TO END THE HALF 🦵 pic.twitter.com/hMfVCH2A6L Butker only got the field goal attempt because the Chiefs' defense made a fourth-down stop late in the first half. With under 10 seconds left to play in the second quarter, the Buccaneers were facing a fourth-and-5 from Kansas City's 49-yard line and they decided to go for it. The Bucs ended up failing on the fourth down after Jake Browning threw an incomplete pass and that gave Kansas City the ball with just three seconds left.
At that point, Andy Reid decided to sent out Butker. The 69-yarder was one of three that Butker hit against Tampa Bay to go along with a 58-yarder and 45-yarder, but he also missed a 43-yard kick in the fourth quarter of Kansas City's 16-15 loss. Although Butker won't be getting his name in the NFL record book, he will certainly have some bragging rights and that's because 69-yarder is tied for the second-longest field goal made in an actual game in the history of football.
The first American football game was played in 1869 and in the 157 years since then, only three kickers have hit a field goal of at least 69 yards in a game: 1. Cam Little hit a 70-yarder for the Jaguars during the 2025 preseason. CAM LITTLE 70-YARD FIELD GOALStream on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/OCIZ1W5M5f T-2.
Harrison Butker hit a 69-yarder on Saturday night (The first clip we showed you at the top was from the Chiefs' broadcast team, so now, let's see what the Buccaneers' broadcast team had to say about the kick) Whole team was HYPED for this 69-yard FG by Harrison Butker 🗣️Stream on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/O2B9LRknli T-2. Abilene Christian kicker Ove Johansson hit a 69-yarder in 1976. And in case you're wonder, yes, there is footage of Johansson's kick. 44 years ago today on October 16, 1976 it was homecoming weekend at Abilene Christian University and Ove Johansson made history.With a 17 MPH wind, Johansson kicked the longest field goal ever 69-yards against East Texas State!Here’s the historic kick! pic.twitter.com/1hloys1OIB College kickers were allowed to use a 1- to 2-inch kicking block until 1989 when they were banned.
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